The National tribune., 1887-12-01

! uOuse the gllm IN the proper way hereafter.
Senator Butler Of South Carolina, says he
viii reintroduce this Winter his bin 10 build
Grant Memorial Bridge across the Potomac
from the western end OF Washington TO Airing
| ton. When be introduced the bin last Winter
IL was received very encouragingly, but the
! press OF business In the short session prevented
action upon it.
Representative Springer SAYS that the Demo
cratic party will certainly renOminate Mr.
! Cleveland next year, and the Vice Presidential
nomination viii be given 20 either Postmaster
/ General hllas Commissioner Of Pensions Black,
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson, or
] q 0v. Gray, Of Indiana.
Col. A. G. Thompson, Representative from
/ the Portsmouth co. District, has been quite i'll
1 Tor a fortnight or more az has home, No. PIG
/ North Capitol street lie did great deal OF
eXhausting work during the campaign, and
/ after making his last speech, which was nj
small town IN Gallia County, took long night
/ ride overland through a malaTiOus region in
order 10 reach the railroad and get 10 Ports
mouth before Sunday. This was probably the
/ last straw which broke him down. he was
! Frustrated with malaria shortly after arriving
! here. His old wound through the lung-where
he carries an ounce aud quarter of lead re-
/ ceived at Gettysburg-becan troubling him
anew, and finally an abscess developed in his
/ leg. Since this broke he has felt relieved, and
his health began 10 improve. He is still con-
fined TO his bed, bat viii soon be about again.
His wife and daughters have been tender and
devoted nurses.
Senator J. II. Reagan, of Texas. caught cold
on his way here and has been confined to his
room since his arrival in the city. He is now
rapidly recovering.
CABINET RUMoRs.
The week has been tolerably free from talk
Of Cabinet changes. What 1 said last week
about the breaking up of the proposed arrange
1 h,-N fob Of
was TO be made Postmaster General and Mr..
Villas succeed Lamar at the head of the Depart
ment Of the Interior, has been confirmed by
subsequent information. The gossips are pretty
well agreed that il was First Assistant Post
mastcr-General Stevenson's vigorous opposition
10 the plan which caused its abandonment.
He felt that his services in the Department en-
titled him TO Advancement to its head if any
change were made, and he carried his point.
ORGANIZING THE HOUSE.
IL is generally conceded that Mr.. Carlisle
/ will be reelected Speaker without opposition.
The main struggle is over the doorkeeper. Col.
Samuel DonelsOn, OF Tennessee, held that posi-
ton in the last House, and is a candidate for
reelection. But his distribution Of the large
patronage attached TO the Office gave much
ofiense 10 the Democratic Representatives, and
formidable opponent has appeared in the per-
son of MIR. Hurt, of Mississippi, who claims TO
have the Mississippi delegation with one excep-
ton, the solid Alabama delegation and large
majority Of the members from Georgia, North
Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri New Jersey,
Louisiana, Florida and Maryland. He also
claims votes in all the other States.
THE LAND CORRESPONDENTS.
Current rumor confidently AYERS that Presi-
dent Cleveland has rendered the appointment
of Commissioner Of the General Land Office TO
Hon J. J. Phelps, of Kansas City, Mo. Mr..
! Phelps is now u Judge on the bench at Kansas
! City, and was Union soldier of considerable
reputation during the late war, having been
] Lieutenant Colonel Of one Of Missouri's Union
regiments of cavalry.
MRS. HANcocKs HOME.
The movement 10 procure house here for
Mrs. Hancock. the widow Of the lamented
soldier, Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock bids fair
at last TO be successful, since the aged million
aire philanthopist, w. w. Corcoran. has turned
] his attention TO the matter Some time since
the gentlemen having the subject in charge
selected a certain residence which suited them
and Mrs. Hancock as well. which was offered
! for sale at $4,000 The owner was represented
/ by real estate agent Of expansive views who
on learning the object Of the proposed pur-
chase, promptly raised the selling price 10
I 1880, aud then when the committee con-
cluded TO acoede TO that price, raised again TO
! $4,000. There the matter hung. The amount
at the disposal of Mrs. Hancocks friends did
] hDl ehADlc lhcin 10 pay SO Iucn, ana nellnSr
the real estate agent or the owner would ahate
the price. Finally Mr.. Corcoran sent for the
chairman OF the committee, and, il is understood,
has made up the needed funds
MAX 0'RELL.
M. Paul BlOuet, the French political writer
who mystifed so long the English-speakng
| people by his nom de plume Of Max 0Rell," is
/ a Washington visitor now, aud is rapidly learn
| ing points in American journalism from the
many interviews he has been subjected TO. NJ.
| BlOuet's greatest fame was won by the witty
and clever brochure John Bull and his Isl
and, in which he touched Jean Bool TO the
raw by calling a spade a spade " in dealing
with domestic economy in our English cousins
homeland. The versatile Frenchman has
adapted himself pretty thoroughly 10 English
ways aided by his charming English wife and
comes now 10 our shores 10 learn something Of
our wide potato patch aud how we differ
from the Mother Country from which we sepa-
rated. He likes America Chats the stereo-
typed answer Of all foreigners 10 indefatigable
interyiewers within half an hour after they
set foot on shOre) but alas he finds deplor-
able lack Of color in our girls. When he goes
farther west-he intends going to the Pacific
c0ast-he will find plenty Of color in our dear
girls faces and will find that they take just az
much good, healthy exercise as the English
girls know he is mentally comparing them
with. But then, he has as yet only seen part
] OF inc A-ahbctu fringe OF our ldlF ana DfOad
domain, snd only speaks of what he has
seen. What he has seen in the few days
of his sOjourn here reminds me Of the old
time chestnutty tale OF the Yankee Skipper aud
Yankee Mate Of the whaler. They disagreed
from the very day they sailed, and matters
finally came 10 such a pass that they drove
the Steward on deck one morning, locked the
door leading 10 the companion ladder, and
aft IL out" The Captain "bolered at last
and the Mate let him up At dinner there was
plum dutl, and the Mate showed up his plate
for a supply, but the surly and defeated Cap
tain told him 10 git il yourself" The Mate
calmy but emphatically remarked: "Captin,
you and me is into this bark for two years
fit you fair and fit you square, and you hollered.
Now, all ] wants out of you is common civil
ity, aud id little Of that" What NJ. Paul
" Max @ Rel" BlOuot has seen as yet OF Ameri-
CA is like the common cvility the Mate
wanted, but when he comes back TO US when
our great and good lawmakers are here i'm Con-
gress assembled, he will know more than lac
does now Of Ms aud our land, and may be then
it would be worth while 10 interview him.
sAILoR-FARMERs.
Lieut.. Jesup Nicholson, Marine Corps, who
was placed ON the retired list last Spring, was
in the city few days ago, aud tells me he is
living on little farm over in Loudouu County,
just at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains
and that he Is as intensely enjoying life there
as his physical inhrmIties will let him. lie
has his horses aud dogs aud gun for amuse-
mont, aud he tells me the long drives that he